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June, when they have young, the noise which the 

 birds make on the approach of danger is simply 

 deafening. 



The Redshanks feed principally during the night, 

 and may be heard calling as they pass swiftly over- 

 head. When standing on a wall or fence they have 



HOME OF THE REDSHANK. 



a very Sandpiper-like way of jerking their tail up 

 and down, and it is probably due to this that they 

 are called locally the " Red-legged Sandpiper." 

 Their range is not so high as that of the Sand- 

 piper, and I have not met with them nesting much 

 higher than 1,500 feet above the sea. 



Like most of the waders, which feed during the 

 night and yet seem quite lively during the day, 

 it is difficult to see when the Redshanks obtain 



